The magnetic anisotropy of hematite bearing rocks |
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Authors: | Hartmut Porath François H Chamalaun |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
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Abstract: | Summary The high field torque curves of hematite bearing rocks are not caused by directional differences in the energy of magnetization to saturation, but rather by the couple between the ferromagnetic moment and the applied field. An expression, derived for the high field torque curve of a single crystal of hematite, whose basal plane makes an arbitrary angle with the plane of rotation of the applied field, is found to be in excellent agreement with experiment. Furthermore it is shown that the Fourier spectrum of hematite bearing rocks should in general contain significant higher harmonics and that therefore the high field method is not particularly suitable for determining the preferred crystalline alignment of hematite bearing rocks. |
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